Freud on the Couch – Psyche in the Book

Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA

Organized by Susanne Padberg, proprietor of Galerie DRUCK & BUCH

The science of psychoanalysis has always held a great fascination for artists – both as a medium for reflection and as an instrument for creating meaning. Indeed, Freud’s “cultural work” (per Thomas Mann) remains a popular subject for many contemporary artists. Similar to how images in dreams are visualizations of hidden thoughts, artistic creations probe the depths and meanings of our cultural self-perception, they portray the forces shaping not only the individual but also the collective unconscious. We are surrounded by the issues Freud named and analyzed, and we are also moved by them. The artwork in this exhibition is based directly or indirectly on these concepts and theories or are closely associated to specific themes.


Artists:

Thorsten Baensch, Sarah Bryant, Ken Campbell, Crystal Cawley, Maureen Cummins, Anne Deguelle, Gerhild Ebel, Stefan Gunnesch, Karen Hanmer, Anna Helm, Susan Johanknecht, Kurt Johannessen, Janosch Kaden, Burgi Kühnemann, M. M. Lum, Jule Claudia Mahn, Patrizia Meinert, Simon & Christine Morris, Didier Mutel, Susanne Nickel, Yasutomo Ota, Waltraud Palme, Marian St. Laurent, Veronika Schäpers, Robbin Ami Silverberg, Herbert Stattler, Ines von Ketelhodt, Carola Willbrand & Mark Met, and Sam Winston.

Artworks Exhibited

Sarah Bryant
Biography, 2010, ed. 61 of 75
Letterpress printed from polymer plates
8.75 x 5.5 x 0.75 in
Courtesy of the artist

Crystal Cawley
The Yellow Wallpaper, 2004, ed. 26 of 30
Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Letterpress, paste paper, collagraph relief prints
11 ¼ x 7 3/8 x ½ in
Courtesy of the artist

Ken Campbell
Father’s Hook, 1978
Letterpress on handmade Chinese paper
13 x 6.5 in
Courtesy of Special Collections, Wellesley College Library

Thorsten Baensch
Dreamland / l’hypnotiseur pratique, 2017, ed. 25 of 25
Authors: Gilles Sebhan, Octave Pelletier, Franck Sainte-Martine
Black & white photocopy, digital prints, silk screen prints
9.4 x 12.6 x 0.75 in
Courtesy of the artist

Maureen Cummins
Anatomy of Insanity, 2008, ed. 6 of 30
Letterpress; black leather and blue paper boards; opens into a double tablet format
12.4 x 9.3 x .5 in
Courtesy of Special Collections, Wellesley College Library

Anne Deguelle
Le Tapis de Sigmund, 2008, ed. 8 of 10
Pigment ink on paper; natural cardboard and red canvas portfolio
24 x 16 x 0.8 in; unfolds to 34.6 x 26 in
Courtesy of the artist

Gerhild Ebel
Portraits, 2002, ed. Of 35
Silkscreen print
16.2 x 12.6 x 0.5 in
Courtesy of the artist

Ken Campbell
Tilt: the black flagged streets, 1988, ed. 35 of 80
Letterpress, black cloth binding with paper board in slipcase
8.9 x 11.6 x 0.9 in
Courtesy of Special Collections, Wellesley College Library

Stefan Gunnesh
The Uncanny, 2017, ed. 1 of 12
Author: Sigmund Freud
Digital print, color linocut
7.2 x 10.8 in
Courtesy of the artist

Stefan Gunnesh
Hysteria, 2018, ed. 1 of 12
Author: Sigmund Freud
Digital print, color linocut, cut-outs
7 x 10.6 x 0.6 in
Courtesy of the artist

Karen Hamner
Random Passions, 2008, ed. 1 of 100
Laser print, velvet cloth, hot stamp title
7 x 4 x 25 in
Courtesy of the artist

Anna Helm
Böses Wasser, 2017, ed. 4 of 6
Text by Albrecht Dürer
Individually colored sheets, laser cutting, experimental flexible binding, sewn on star-concertina
22.2 x 9.8 x 0.4 in
Courtesy of Galerie Druck & Buch

Kurt Johannessen
Second Shine, 2016, ed. Of 23
Screen print; aluminum foil
7.9 x 5.9 in
Courtesy of Galerie DRUCK & BUCH

Susan Johanknecht
Crevice Map, 1990, ed. Of 80
Screen printing, manual ink-feed. Sewn into Kraftbacked mull cover with fly mesh slipcase
12 x 6.2 in; unfolds to 24 x 57 in
Courtesy of Galerie DRUCK & BUCH

Janosch Kaden
Maß für Maß / Measure for Measure, 2014, ed. Of 7
Author: William Shakespeare
Digital and silk screen print
10.9 x 8.2 in
Courtesy of Galerie DRUCK & BUCH

Burgi Kühnemann
Little Red Riding Hood goes to Pompeji meeting the wolf named Lupo, 2016
Authors: Brothers Grimm and Burgi Kühnemann
Ink, acrylic paint, overpaintings, handwritten, over painted
5 x 7 in
Courtesy of Galerie DRUCK & BUCH

M. Lum
The Final Results of Psychoanalytic Treatment, 1991
Offset lithography 7 x 4¼  in
Collection of Center for Books Arts, FA.B3.0044

Jule Claudia Mahn
Related Children, 2014, 4 Books in portfolio;
Letterpress on handmade paper
27 x 17 cm
Collection of Center for Book Arts; FA.ASI.1556

Patrizia Meinert
Carte d’identité, 2017, ed. 12 of 26
Author: Michel Serres
Body print, silk screen print, map fold in cardboard folder
12.6 x 5.9 x 1 in; unfolds to 45 x 33 in
Courtesy of the artist

Simon + Christine Morris
Re-Writing Freud. 4 The Interpretation of Dreams, 2005, ed. Of 1,000
Offset printing
5 x 7.8 in
Courtesy of Galerie Druck & Buch

Didier Mutel
Gradiva, 1999, ed. Of 30
Author: Andrea Dotti
Etching
15 x 23 x 1.2 in
Courtesy of the artist

Susanne Nickel
Muttersprache, 2011
Author: Aglaja Veteranyi
Overpaintings, collage
11.2 x 18 in
Courtesy of Galerie Druck & Buch

Yasumoto Ota
Pferdebeine, 2015, ed. Of 23
Author: Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Hand off-set printing, horse hoof graphics printing, crisscross binding
26 x 6.3 x 0.4 in
Courtesy of the artist

Waltraud Palme
Menschen sind doch das Wertvollste, das man gewinnen kann, 2009
Diptych; Paper, cardboard, photographs
12 x 8 x 2 in
Courtesy of the artist

Robbin Ami Silverberg
Freud’s Wallpaper, 2012
Archival inkjet; pulp painted & cutout; canvas
8 x 9 ft
Courtesy of the artist

Robbin Ami Silverberg
Mental Mirror, 2013/2014; AP of 3
Archival inkjet text & photography
13 x 12 in
Courtesy of the artist

Robbin Ami Silverberg
Moxie (Notes on Salvation), 2005, ed. 4 of 7
Archival inkjet text & photography; hand coloring, burning
6.5 x 9.25 in
Courtesy of the artist

Herbert Stattler
Where do little children come from?, 2018,  ed. 1 of 5
Triptych; letterpress printing with photopolymer clichés. Munken print.
13.4 x 8.7 x 0.9 in
Courtesy of the artist

Marian St. Laurent
Mind Games for 2: An Adult Activity Book, 2007, ed. Of 20
Letterpress with staple binding
11 ⅝ x 16 ¾ in
Collection of Center for Book Arts; FA.OSS2.0408

Ines Von Ketelhodt
Die Bessere Hälfte – eine Ahnengalerie (The Better Half – An Ancestral Gallery), 2010, ed. 42 of 50 Images laser printed, texts letterpress printed
8 x 11.6 x 0.4 in
Courtesy of the artist

Carola Willbrand & Mark Met
Der Jäger und die wilde Frau, 2008-2012, ed. Of 10
Color photos sewn with sewing machine on fabric
9 x 20 x 1.6 in
Courtesy of the artist

Sam Winston
Orphan, 2011, ed. Of 24
Japanese translucent paper, digital printing
29.5 x 11.8 in
Collections of Center for Book Arts; FA.OSS7.1861

Veronika Schäpers
Die Nase (The Nose), 2009, ed. Of 40
Author: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa / Jürgen Stalph (translation)
Letterpress print from polymer plates in German and Japanese on mitsumata paper. Japanese binding with vellum strips in a white cover made of kozo-gampi cardboard. Case made of semi-transparent PVC Jelly film, silicon cords and neodymium magnets.
19 x 13.5 in
Courtesy of the artist

Exhibition Views

Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA
Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA
Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA
Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA
Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA
Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA
Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA
Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book (2018) CBA
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